Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) thessalicum Pic, 1916
[= Dorcadion pseudolugubre Breuning, 1943]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion thessalicum
[Photo © P.Jelínek]

Body length:♂♂ 14.0-16.8 mm / ♀♀ 16.0-19.2 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:Macedonia, Greece


The depicted beetles were photographed in Kastraki (Greece).


Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini do Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148 (1): 85-83, 2007. [download pdf icon]

Dorcadion thessalicum
[Photo © P.Jelínek]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) thessalicum Pic, 1916